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Quotes from Uncommon Law — A. P. Herbert

1890–1971 England

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9 quotes

The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.

Uncommon Law (1935)

Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.

Uncommon Law (1935)

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

Uncommon Law (1935)

It cannot be too clearly understood that this is not a free country, and it will be an evil day for the legal profession when it is.

Uncommon Law (1935)

The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to do wrong than other men if he is given the chance.

Uncommon Law (1935)

It is like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock, which not only is itself discredited but casts a shade of doubt over all previous assertions.

Uncommon Law (1935)

"Was the cow crossed?"
"No, your worship, it was an open cow."

Uncommon Law (1935)

People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.

Uncommon Law (1935)

A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.

Uncommon Law (1935)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: A. P. Herbert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.